Jennifer Neville on “Truth Is Trickiest: The Case for Ambiguity in the Exeter Book Riddles”
Truth Is Trickiest: The Case for Ambiguity in the Exeter Book Riddles seeks to turn the study of Old English riddles… READ MORE
August 28, 2024
Truth Is Trickiest: The Case for Ambiguity in the Exeter Book Riddles seeks to turn the study of Old English riddles… READ MORE
August 28, 2024
Blank Splendour: Mere Existence in British Romanticism considers moments in British Romantic poems and paintings when the world is blanked… READ MORE
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Examining the emergence of the versified love story as a genre of New Persian literature in the early eleventh century,… READ MORE
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Localism in Hellenistic Greece explores, in exemplary fashion, how ancient societies positioned themselves in a swiftly expanding world. Read the… READ MORE
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The Smallpox Report explores the Romantic-era medical and literary narratives that made vaccination plausible, available, and desirable. Read the full… READ MORE
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Perfume on the Page in Nineteenth-Century France explores literature, medicine, fashion, and social practices during the rise of modern French… READ MORE
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Rooted in ethnographic fieldwork, rich historical archives, and literary analysis, Moving Words examines the different claims people make on and… READ MORE
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For the Encouragement of Learning addresses the contested history of copyright law in Canada, where the economic and reputational interests… READ MORE
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In The Complete Poems of Michelangelo, Gianluca Rizzo reproduces Joseph Tusiani’s masterful translation of Michelangelo’s poems. Read the author’s full… READ MORE
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In Charm Offensive, Kelly Ricciardi Colvin examines the many forces that shaped postwar French femininity as a desirable commodity, both… READ MORE
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